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I’m thankful to Tony and Camille Chatman for including us in their family Thanksgiving celebration — and then humbling us hard at the family domino game. 😂 The Chatman family and me at dinner; not pictured because he’s taking the photo is Robbie Quinn The table Close-up of place setting The domino game Looking from Read more about Hope your Thanksgiving was Lovely[…]

“Excuse me”—I keep walking. As one does. Vaguely aware of two young women sitting off to the side of the sidewalk and laughing, I quickly come to the conclusion that they’re trying to ask for money.But the voice repeats and gets to the point more quickly: — “excusemecanyoutakeapictureofus?” I turn to see two 20-something women Read more about We Needed a Woman[…]

The variations on “Keep Calm and Carry On” got worn out and became repetitive and tedious some time back. (My own personal flavor is “Keep Calm and Pet a Kitty.”) But the message in the words taken from the original British wartime poster, now removed from the cultural context that may have made it relevant, don’t resonate with me Read more about Keep Calm and…[…]

Asked by one student how he could become President someday, Obama issued a warning about Facebook. “I want everybody here to be careful about what you post on Facebook (), because in the YouTube () age whatever you do, it will be pulled up again l…

Smart Add First, we have a new “Add Task” field that’s always on screen (you can still jump to it with the keyboard shortcut t). This field is a little bit special: it supports entering all your task’s properties in one line, with our new Smart Ad…

via mashable.com This is utterly perfect. Almost exactly the nuanced distinctions I would articulate if I’d put enough thought into it. My social skills are largely intact, so I’m clearly a geek, at least in reference to the web, about which I adm…

In the circle of life there are many players and while there’s no shortage of people, there are unfortunately thousands of endangered animals and plants. Biologists have been looking for ways to determine the most important species based on the nu…

Not sure if I’ve ever talked about this here, but I just happened across this article about the Nashville Number System and wanted to point out how cool it is to watch session players use this. As the article points out: So what’s so great about the Nashville Number System? Just realize that all of Read more about How cool is the Nashville Number System?[…]